Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Film Review
By the Geezer of Oz
“Twin boys move to a new home with their mother after she has face changing cosmetic surgery, but under her bandages is someone the children don’t recognize.” (IMDb)
Even though I predicted where the story was going at an early stage in the film, I still thought this is quite a clever and stylish movie with enough originality to make it a worthy addition to any ‘best of’ horror list of the last few years.
The film is somewhat slow moving, but possesses enough tension and suspense to keep you going to the end.
Co-directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, who’s only previous feature length film was the documentary Kern, have done a great job here with this transfixing piece and I look forward to their upcoming feature, The Lodge.
Goodnight Mommy features newcomer twin brothers Lukas and Elias Schwarz who are absolutely creepy and great in this in the roles of the two sons and Susanne Wuest is also highly convincing as Mother.
Quite an achievement which I highly recommend checking out.
8/10.
